Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Certification
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 112 122
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 +60
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 23 16 19
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.17% 0.75% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.11% 3.00% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 13
10th Percentile £290 £245 £205
25th Percentile £413 £375 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £600 £669 £580
90th Percentile £612 £755 £673
London median daily rate £525 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -77.26% - -
London median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -77.26% +220.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 560 533 532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 28.37% 24.87% 20.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 315 335
10th Percentile £358 £313 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -5.23%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £675
90th Percentile £738 £748 £775
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 7
10th Percentile £22.17 £24.78 £16.26
25th Percentile - £28.94 £21.95
Median hourly rate £25.47 £72.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.75% +20.42% +39.53%
75th Percentile £29.13 £112.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £43.70 - £75.25
London median hourly rate £27.50 £38.25 £43.85
% change year-on-year -28.10% -12.77% +8.27%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Central London

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Central London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Central London

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +2 17 £509 -7.45% 8
Camden - 4 £400 - 3
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £600 -
West End of London - 1 £400 -
Microsoft Certification
London

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (13.04%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.35%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 16 (69.57%) Azure
2 12 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (30.43%) Entra ID
3 7 (30.43%) Power Platform
3 7 (30.43%) PowerApps
4 6 (26.09%) Power Automate
5 4 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (13.04%) IaaS
6 3 (13.04%) PaaS
6 3 (13.04%) SaaS
7 2 (8.70%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (8.70%) ShareGate
8 1 (4.35%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 1 (4.35%) Azure Functions
8 1 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Firewall
2 4 (17.39%) VPN
3 3 (13.04%) Softphone
4 2 (8.70%) DNS
4 2 (8.70%) Network Security
5 1 (4.35%) DHCP
5 1 (4.35%) Kerberos
5 1 (4.35%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) Power BI
2 2 (8.70%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Banking
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) French Language
4 1 (4.35%) International Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Law
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Help Desk Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Desktop Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Desktop Support
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Support Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Support Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Business Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (4.35%) .NET
2 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (4.35%) OAuth
2 1 (4.35%) OpenID
2 1 (4.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) iPad
1 3 (13.04%) iPhone
2 2 (8.70%) BYOD
3 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Mac OS
2 4 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) ITIL
1 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
3 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (17.39%) DevOps
3 4 (17.39%) Migration
4 3 (13.04%) Change Management
4 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
4 3 (13.04%) High Availability
4 3 (13.04%) Investment Management
4 3 (13.04%) Statistics
5 2 (8.70%) AI
5 2 (8.70%) Computer Science
5 2 (8.70%) Data Governance
5 2 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.70%) E-Discovery
5 2 (8.70%) ERP
5 2 (8.70%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (8.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.04%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) C#
3 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) MCSE
3 4 (17.39%) MCP
3 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) Azure Certification
4 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.70%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (8.70%) MCITP
5 2 (8.70%) MCSA
6 1 (4.35%) CCNA
6 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.35%) CISSP
6 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.70%) SLA
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 14 (60.87%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) SCOM
3 1 (4.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (4.35%) SCCM
3 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) HP
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle
2 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.35%) Blue Prism
3 1 (4.35%) Citrix
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.35%) UiPath